Bonus Sample: Chris Rufo’s Fascist Long-Game
Florida governor Ron DeSantis appointed right-wing propagandist, Christopher Rufo, along with other conservative Christian education-activists, to the board of the tiny, progressive New College in Sar...
8 Touko 20236min
Brief: Marianne Williamson’s Spiritual Therapy Schtick
Marianne Williamson? Inexperienced? Not at all. In fact, she does have a ton of experience… in New Age, on-stage pseudotherapy, where she solves the problems of the troubled with memorized lines from ...
6 Touko 202352min
152: Tulsi Gabbard’s Krishna Consciousness (w/Nitai Joseph)
What does it mean for a prominent American politician to come into power as the sleeper cell of an eccentric Hindu-American cult? Does she act independently, or has her God-man got her on speed-dial? ...
4 Touko 20231h 32min
Bonus Sample: Reimagining the Apocalypse
Apocalyptic language is everywhere: in the marketing copy of wellness influencers and pseudo-documentary makers selling spike protein detoxes and vaccine fear-mongering videos, and in the fervent anti...
1 Touko 202310min
151: Satan Wants You Watch Party (Spoilers)
How, in the name of the Holy Virgin Mary, did Michelle Remembers—the book that started the Satanic Panic—come to be written? Who was Lawrence Pazder really? Did he encourage and exaggerate Michelle Sm...
27 Huhti 20231h 37min
Bonus Sample: Framing George Soros
FOX News says he wants to destroy America. Candace Owens is scared to speak his name out loud. Mikki Willis is making a film about his assault on the American family. Dr. Christiane Northrup claims he...
24 Huhti 202312min
Brief: Unmasking Liana Shanti (w/Jennings Brown)
Jennings Brown is becoming the Dr. Who of cult journalism. Every few years he pops up on a very different planet in the cultiverse, and tries to repair the timeline. These days he’s deep into the sto...
22 Huhti 202342min
150: Spiritual Influencer Theory
Julian and Matthew go big-picture in this tour through all the elements that construct and drive spiritual Influencers. At the center of the parasocial storm is charisma, which covers over the intelle...
20 Huhti 20231h 14min
